Multiple myocardial infarctions associated with atheromatous emboli after PTCA of saphenous vein grafts. A clinicopathologic correlation.

abstract：:The patient-centered medical home is a rapidly growing concept in reforming American health care. It has spread from its origins in primary care pediatrics to family practice and, more recently, into internal medicine. This review article describes how primary care geriatricians can obtain certification from the Natio...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Gennari A,Fedor K,Bakow E,Resnick NM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of glycemic control in preventing the chronic and devastating complications of diabetes is well established. Insulin administration is an important therapeutic option for managing diabetes, particularly for patients with profound insulin deficiency. Many insulin formulations are on the market, including...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Meneghini L

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise helps prevent and improve atherosclerosis and other chronic diseases, and physicians should encourage their patients to exercise more. Unfortunately, there are many barriers to prescribing exercise. To help patients start exercising and stay with it, clinicians need to address specifics. Several guidelines ar...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Fletcher G,Trejo JF

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in our understanding of the diagnosis, imaging, pathology, and clinical monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS) have significantly increased our ability to successfully treat this often perplexing neurologic disorder. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is now integral to the diagnostic process. Treatment o...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Fox RJ,Bethoux F,Goldman MD,Cohen JA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the literature is limited, early evidence suggests that patients with chronic kidney disease, end-stage kidney disease, and kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease and death. Hence, management should focus on both infection prevention and treatment. There is currently a ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Radhakrishnan Y,Hassanein M,Stephany B

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral disorders in pediatric patients--primarily attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)--pose a clinical challenge for health care providers to accurately assess, diagnose, and treat. In 2013, updated diagnostic criteria for behavioral disorders were published, including ADHD and a new diagnostic entity:...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Austerman J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newer theories suggest that patients with fibromyalgia have a biologic predisposition to perceiving pain with more sensitivity than people without fibromyalgia. Several biologic triggers are implicated as possibly initiating or worsening the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Treatments to manage pain, help with sleep, and, wh...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Clauw DJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gout management requires a comprehensive strategy that considers both acute and chronic aspects of the disease. Acute gout flares should be treated with anti-inflammatory agents as rapidly as possible. The underlying hyperuricemia may be treated with urate-lowering agents initiated at a time appropriate for the indivi...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Schumacher HR Jr,Chen LX

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:You can find evidence-based answers to clinical questions quickly by searching online medical databases. The key is to be selective, on the basis of the type of information you need. Online textbooks, consensus guidelines systematic reviews, and MEDLINE are all available. ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Mehta N,Jain A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifestyle factors remain the bedrock of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) prevention. Statins remain the first-line therapy for primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD. Physicians are encouraged to discuss the risks and benefits of statins with patients before beginning therapy. Nonstatins and proprotei...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Cho L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous immunomodulating agents are currently being studied in clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19, including interferon therapies. Interferons are naturally occurring host antiviral proteins upstream of the inflammatory pathway that are released by host cells in response to the presence of viral pathogens....

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Calabrese LH,Lenfant T,Calabrese C

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients typically lose more than 50% of their excess weight after bariatric surgery. Obesity-related diseases markedly improve, reducing cardiovascular risk and improving life expectancy. Obese patients lose more weight with bariatric surgery than with medical weight-loss treatment. ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Brethauer SA,Chand B,Schauer PR

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic hypothermia in acute resuscitation medicine has a long history, but its currently recommended use dates back to work in the mid-1960s by the late Dr. Peter Safar and colleagues. Compared with normothermia, mild therapeutic hypothermia, induced right after restoration of spontaneous circulation in comatose ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Kochanek PM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood tests are available that measure levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE) against specific allergens such as foods, inhalants, medications, latex, and venoms. These tests can confirm the diagnosis of an allergic disorder, supplementing a clinical history consistent with an immediate allergic reaction. They are particula...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Siles RI,Hsieh FH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious condition associated with impaired quality of life, depression, drowsy driving and motor vehicle accidents, metabolic disease, and cognitive decline. The mechanisms accounting for OSA and metabolic disease include hypoxia, sleep fragmentation, and systemic inflammation. OSA a...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Walia HK

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although stress-related mucosal damage is common (and potentially serious) in critically ill patients, the risk of clinically significant gastrointestinal bleeding appears to be confined to patients with certain factors: mechanical ventilation, coagulopathy, multiple trauma, increased intracranial pressure, and multio...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Bobek MB,Arroliga AC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress echocardiography is a cost-effective and reliable diagnostic test for patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Stress echocardiography should be used in preference to exercise electrocardiography as the primary test in patients with uninterpretable ST segments. It is attractive for use as the primary te...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Marwick T

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of aorta procedures performed annually in the United States has grown substantially during the past decade. Cleveland Clinic is a leader in research on the risk of aortic dissection in patients with a bicuspid or tricuspid aortic valve and associated aneurysm, which has led to changes in the recommendations...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Roselli EE

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Too often, physicians, patients, and families make end-of-life care decisions despite poor physician-patient communication and misunderstanding by the patient and family about the effectiveness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We describe an approach to resolving conflict and reaching consensus on end-of-life care. T...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Agich GJ,Arroliga AC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of beryllium lung disease has been suspected for years. The observation of cutaneous hypersensitivity to beryllium led to the development of the lymphocyte blast transformation test; the test clearly distinguishes between healthy subjects, who show little or no blast t...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Deodhar SD,Barna BP

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An over-the-counter at-home test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has been approved and will likely be available soon. It is intended to decrease the percentage of HIV-infected people unaware of their infection (estimated at 18% of the 1.2 million people infected in the United States). Since early and ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Koval CE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise stress electrocardiography is unreliable as a test for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) if the patient has left bundle branch block. The authors provide an algorithm for using alternative tests: exercise stress echocardiography, dobutamine echocardiography, computed tomographic (CT) angiography, and ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Xu B,Cremer P,Jaber W,Moir S,Harb SC,Rodriguez LL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian variations have been observed for a number of hemodynamic and cardiovascular events including heart rate, systemic blood pressure, coronary artery blood flow, ischemic cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death. In addition, circadian variations in platele...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Becker RC,Corrao JM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mounting evidence suggests that depression, anxiety, and hostility/anger may each be an independent risk factor for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) occurrence. Data specific to the role of these negative emotional states in predisposing to imminent ACS risk are limited, however. Additionally, a number of studies have in...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Davidson KW

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal acantholytic dyskeratosis consistent with the clinical and histological features of Darier's type of transient acantholytic dermatosis occurred in a man with myelodysplasia. Topical steroids and systemic antihistamines provided temporary and moderate relief from pruritus, but failed to control the dermatosis. ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Rockley PF,Bergfeld WF,Tomecki KJ,Brydon JK

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many drugs can injure the kidneys, but they cause renal injury via only a few common mechanisms. Many patients who develop renal injury after drug exposure have identifiable risk factors that could be modified or that should preclude the use of these drugs in the first place. ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Guo X,Nzerue C

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carefully designed, monitored rehabilitation regimens can benefit patients with significant cardiac disease, such as life-threatening arrhythmias or congestive heart failure, or who have concurrent systemic disease such as diabetes. Patients with heart failure can tolerate minimal workloads but, with conditioning, the...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Pashkow FJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research into heart rate variability (HRV) and respiration over the past 150 years has led to the insight that HRV with deep breathing (HRVdb) is a highly sensitive measure of cardiovagal or parasympathetic cardiac function. This sensitivity makes HRVdb an important part of the battery of cardiovascular autonomic func...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Shields RW Jr

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitions of care-when patients move from one health care facility to another or back home-that are poorly executed result in adverse effects for patients. Fortunately, programs can be implemented that enhance collaboration across care settings and improve outcomes including reducing hospital readmission rates. ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Li J,Young R,Williams MV

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome, a potentially fatal but rare reaction, manifests as rash, fever, tender lymphadenopathy, hepatitis, and eosinophilia. To manage hypersensitivity syndrome successfully, one must recognize the symptoms early, stop the offending drug immediately, and substitute a safe, alternativ...

journal_title：Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

authors： Hamer HM,Morris HH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00